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@with tetes @anni @fitta EBENEZER W. LOWE, OF ALMOND, NEW YORK. Letters.Patent No. 70,343, dated October 29, 1867.

IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN Be it known that I, EBENEZER W- LOWE, of thetovvn'oi` Almond, in the county of Alleghany, in the State of NewYork,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WashingMachines, and the following is a full, clear, and exactedescription ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart ot' this specication, in which* 1 l Figure 1 representsaperspective view of the machine, showing the operating parts.

Figure 2shows` alview o'f one ofthe double-acting springs.

My invention consists in the construction and mode of arrangingthe'springs, so that the washing serrated cylinder, and the roller-bedframecan both yield to any irregular quantity of clothing. The force ofthe press- Aure being made so as to be adjusted by strrup-rods, withscrews and lever-nuts on the outside and underneath the double centralspring, the cylinder and rollerframe being so arranged as to be easilyremoved from the tub or box by simply nnhitching the stirrup-rods,

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe it morefully, referring to the drawings, and to the letters marked thereon.

The tub or box A, in which the washing apparatus is placed, is made ofboards in the ordinary manner, and supported, at a suitable height to-beoperated conveniently, on legs B B. Inside the box A is fitted a frame,C C, so as to move easily. At the corners are vertical studs c c,extending to nearly the top of the box A, on the top of which aresecured the ends oi' the springs D D, the centres of which have curvesci d, which are tted to and rest on verticalrpbsts b 6, which aresecured to the ends ofthe box A. In the central part of the frame C C isa. series of six rollers, ede, the two middle rolls being depressed, sothat the bed formed by the rollers conforms to the curve ofthe rotatingcylinder E, placed above them. The washing or rubbing-cylinder E isconstructed by placing two or more heads of wood on a metal shaft, F,'and covering the periphery with round, smoothf'rods fffj, lattened'onthe inside, thus forming a serrated roller, hollow inside. In both sidesof the suds-hox Aare vertical slits a a, for the journals of the shaft Fto run in,'the slits a a being lined with sheet metal, gg, to preventthe wearing of the sides as the cylinder E works up and down while beingoperated by the crank-handle G. On both ends of the cylinder-shaft F, onthe journals outside of the box A, are stirruprods H H, extending downbelow the bottom of' the suds-box. Under the centre of the box issecured the spring Lthere being holes or eyes in both ends, throughwhich the stirruprods H H pass,'they having screwthreads z'z'fcu't onabout one-third of their length, on which are iittedleve1'-uuts h t forthe purpose of adjusting 7 the pressurebetween the rotating cylinder Eandtherollers e e in the yielding frame C C.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

I claim the combination of' the spring I, stirrnp-rods H H, lever-nutshilt, as described, with the washingcylinder as constructed, and theframe C C, as suspended on the springs D D, so as tooperatesubstantially Vin the manner herein described, for the purposesspecified. l

lIn testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name in the presence 0f-EBENEZER W. LOWE.

Witnesses: i

WM. S. DVE Bow, Esau D. TAYLOR.

